---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, <noozguru@...> wrote :
On a large screen close-ups look ridiculous. American TV often uses way too many of them and foreign TV not so much or not at all. The commentary on the "Utopia" BD mentioned that they purposely avoided close-ups. I learned back in the early 1970s from some folks who had done US TV series that the close-ups were done for save money. Actors didn't have to do anything with their hands. But was one of the things that stood out about "The Prisoner" way back then, it didn't have a lot of closeups. Arguing this on a tech forum gets comments from production people that "it's a style" but they probably weren't in the business way back then and likely not even born yet. Close-ups on North American television is a carry-over from Soap Operas. I am old enough! "The Blacklist" season 2 opener was good except for too many close-up shots. Also I think Comcast (who now owns NBC) understands that on streaming you can't overload the shows with commercials like broadcast does. But ABC and FOX don't understand this. People complain about this a lot on Hulu+. Hehe, after using Chromecast a while which "captures" the web stream and sends it to your TV (like teleconferencing), I got to thinking about how just capturing the browser and recording it to the hard drive might work. Very well with Linux and you can run a little program to cut the ads out too. Then play back on on TV. Unfortunately I found "Gotham" cliché just like the Wired article says. I won't bother after the pilot even with Donal Logue in the cast. The best thing he has done on TV was a character in "Son of Anarchy" a couple seasons back. I don't think Turq saw it because SOA may not been his "cuppa tea". Kurt Sutter is another showrunner like Vince Gilligan who can actually create 13 episodes worth seeing. I eagerly await Turq's review of "Spiral". I think I may have won some 'points' with him for the reco. If he doesn't agree, I guess my cred is shit. On one of the home theater forums, a guy who lives in NYC and has a Chromecast complains he can't use it because of all the wifi routers in his apartment building. The biggest feature request for Chromecast 2.0 is a dual band model. I don't get Interference. 'The House' (that's what we call apartment buildings) is similar to The Dakota (see: John Lennon shot). Built over a century ago for the wealthy. Thanks for all the recos. You do know your stuff! See you, d On 09/24/2014 04:54 AM, danfriedman2002 wrote: ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, <noozguru@...> mailto:noozguru@... wrote : I use Chromecast too, casting to my 55" LED panel. Amazon and VUDU and sometimes Hulu+ with my BD player. The VUDU app has problems with Chromecast and Hulu+ will try to show "selected" ads in HD and freeze for a few seconds. That doesn't happen with the BD player where they stream only SD commercials and then the show in 720p. Some shows on Hulu+ like "Blacklist" can be 1080p on Chromecast. This may come as a surprise to those who know me only here on ffl as a Humanist and kinda poetic. Bhairitu - i understand everything you're saying about the interaction of these technologies. Just let me know if you have a question or two that I can help with. See you, d
